Penholder



NTTn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE l3. MORRILL, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,035, dated November29, 1892.

Application filed September 26, 1892. Serial No. 446,888. (No model.)

To ail whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. MORRILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Penholders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Vith the ordinary penholders in general use it is difficult to remove anold worn-out pen without soiling the fingers, and these penholders arenot agreeable to hold because of the metal pen-holding ends, which aregrasped between the fingers; and the object of my invention is toovercome such objections.

In carrying out my invention I employ a wooden handle with a reduced endor tenon, around which tenon is a removable sleeve, of cork, rubber, orsimilar material, with a tubular sleeve or lining of metal, and I employa pin passing through the end of the tenon and having a projecting head,so as to be brought into engagement with the inner end of an old pen toeject the same when desired. The sleeve, of cork or rubber, isstrengthened by the inner sleeve of metal, and the two are connected bytongues of metal, formed as continuationsof the respective ends of thesleeve and bent over upon the sleeve of cork or rubber. I may employ alongitudinally-disposed spring of metal on the tenon to hold theremovable sleeve in place when there is no pen in the handle.

In the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section and partialelevation with the pen in place. Fig. 2 is a similar view in the act ofejecting a pen. Fig. 3 is a plan of the tenon and end of the handle.Fig. 4 is a cross-section at a: as of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate amodification by an elevation and end view, and Fig. 7 is a section atthe line y y of Fig. l.

d represents the wooden handle, and b the reduced end or tenon taperingslightly to the end. A pin 0 passes through the tenon near its outer endand the same is provided with a projecting end or head 0.

d is a metal sleeve adapted to fit over and surround the tenon b, and eis a sleeve, of cork, rubber, or other similar material, around andfitting over the metal sleeve 0?, and these parts i are securelyconnected together by turnedover portions or tongues of metal d',whichare continuations of the respective-ends of the sleeve of metal d. Theseare bent over upon the surface ot'the sleeve 6 in securing the partstogether. The metal sleeve strengthens the sleeve of cork or similarmaterial, and this outer sleeve e is agreeable to the fingers ingrasping the penholder. When the pen is in the holder, the connectedsleeves are held frictionally upon the tenon; but I may prefer to'employthe spring-plate h, secured in the tenon nearits junctionwiththehandlea.

Fig. 1 illustrates a pen in place'in the holder. hen it is desired toremove this pen without soiling the fingers, the connected sleeves areseparated from the tenon, which leaves the pen held frictionallyin thesleeves. The tenon and handle are now given a half-rotation and thetenon inserted in the sleeves. This brings the head 0' into contact withthe back end of the pen and the further movement in the same directionpushes the old pen out, as shown in the drawings, Fig. 2,when the holderis ready to receive a new pen and the fingers are not soiled.

The modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 consists in making the tenon bwith parallel sides and with a semicircular reduced portion orpen-receiving depression 10 at the end thereof. With this constructionthe tenon end 12, of full size, acts the same as the head 0 in ejectingan old pen when brought up behind the back of the pen in a mannersimilar to that already described.

I claim as my invention- 1. The handle portion a and tenon I), having aprojection or pin, in combination with a removable sleeve adapted to fitover said tenon and to be removed with an old pen and replaced so as tobring the projection in operation in ejecting the old pen, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The handle portion a and tenon or re duced end 17, having a pin atthe outer end, in combination with the connected tube or sleeve (1 andthe sleeve e, adapted to fit over said tenon and to be removed with thepen and replaced so as to bring the projection into and are frictionallyheld, the parts being con- 10 operation in'ejecting the oldpen,substantially structed and operating substantially in the as setforth. manner and for the purposes set forth.

3. The metal sleeve d and surrounding Signed by me this 21st day ofSeptember, sleeve e, of cork, rubber, or similar material, A; D. 1892.

connected together by the bent-over portions GEORGE E. MORRILL. d, incombination with the handle portion a, Witnesses: and tenon b, having apin or projection and GEO. T. PINGKNEY,

over which tenon said connected sleeves fit B. W. MORRILL.

